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Citation

Melander E. Confl. Manage. Peace Sci. 2009; 26(4): 389-406.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0738894209106482

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examines the preventive effect of peacekeeping on mass killings of civilians in intrastate conflicts. Peacekeepers may be sent to the most difficult conflicts. Control variables might capture the difficultness, for example, measures of the intensity of fighting.This is insufficient if there are factors that are difficult to pinpoint and measure that affect both the likelihood that peacekeepers are sent in and the risk of mass killings. Such unmeasured explanatory factors may bias our results.This paper applies a statistical technique, seemingly unrelated probit, that corrects for this problem and reveals a previously undetectable benign effect of peace keeping.

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